Grange Community Primary School

About Grange Community Primary School

Grange Community Primary School in East Suffolk was rated Good overall by Ofsted in its most recent inspection in November 2022, a significant improvement from its previous Inadequate rating in 2017. The school now holds Good marks across all five inspected categories: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. On the most telling exam metric for a primary school, 52% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined at Key Stage 2 in the 2023/24 academic year. That figure sits below the Suffolk local authority average of 58% and places the school 149th out of 253 similar schools in the area. Nationally, Grange ranks in the bottom 50% of primary schools on this measure, at the 74th percentile. The school’s average scores in reading and maths both sit at 101, exactly at the national benchmark, while a notably low 3% of pupils reached the higher standard across all three subjects.

The school’s progress scores for reading, writing and maths are not available in the data, making it harder to assess how much value the school adds for individual pupils. However, the breakdown shows that 72% of pupils reached the expected standard in writing, which is the strongest of the three core subjects, while 59% did so in reading and 59% in maths. At the higher standard, 17% achieved it in reading, 17% in maths, and 10% in writing. Parent feedback from the most recent Parent View survey, which ran from September 2024 to September 2025, is broadly positive: 93% of the 46 respondents would recommend the school, and 100% agreed or strongly agreed that their child is happy there. However, there are some areas of concern — 17% of parents disagreed that bullying is dealt with quickly and effectively, and 22% disagreed that concerns are dealt with properly.

Grange is a small school with 159 pupils against a capacity of 210, and it was oversubscribed for the 2025/26 intake, receiving 37 applications for 22 places, all of which went to first-preference families. The school offers a range of facilities including an ICT suite, gymnasium, sports hall, playing fields, a forest school and a chapel. Sports on offer include football, cricket, dance, swimming, netball and athletics, while clubs cover drama, coding and choir. The school’s SEND provisions are broad, supporting pupils with moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, hearing and visual impairments, and autistic spectrum disorder. This is a school that has turned around its Ofsted rating and offers a solid, if not standout, academic profile, and it may particularly suit families looking for a smaller setting with strong early years and writing outcomes, and a wide range of SEND support.

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